behavioral health module 1 quiz

A nurse's caring for a client who has schizophrenia. The nurse notices declined is pacing up-and-down the hall of rapidly and muttering in an angry manner. Which of the following actions should the nurse perform first?

Approach the client in a non-threatening manner.

A nurse's performing a brief mental status examination for a client. To accesse a client ability to concentrate, The nurse should do which of the following

Ask the client to name the months of the year in reverse.

A nurses admitting a client who states. He is hearing voices telling him what to do. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Ask the client to repeat what the voices are saying.

A nurse's caring for a client who's been to past several minutes. Mumbling about thing doomed to die and is now pacing in an increasingly agitated and angry manner. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

Attempt to reduce environmental stimuli

A nurse is caring for a client who just received a diagnosis of cancer. The client states "I just don't know what I'm going to do now." Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

Can you explain the concerns you're having right now?

A nursing and a cute care mental health facility observed that client who has bipolar disorder begin to shout and use offensive language towards a visitor which of the falling actions should the nurse take?

Give the client two options for ending the situation

A client recently diagnosed with terminal cancer states. The nurse "I wish our dead. I have no reason to live". Which of the following responses should the nurse make

Have you been thinking of hurting yourself

A nurse and a mental health clinic is beginning a counseling session with a client who is having difficulties in a personal relationship. The client states that she does not want to talk at all today. Which of the following responses showed the nurse make?

How about I just been some time with you instead? We don't have to talk.

A nurse enteres a client room and observes the client is agitated and pacing rapidly. The client looks at the nurse and says "back off. leave me alone." Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

I will give you space if you calm down. Tell me what is calling you to feel so tense.

A nurses having a conversation with the newly admitted client when the client suddenly stops talking. Which of the following responses should the nurse provide?

I've noticed you have become quiet. Share with me what you are thinking about when you are ready.

A nurse's caring for a client who was admitted to the mental health unit for substance. Use disorder, the client states. I am a nurse on the medical surgical floor and I don't want my co. Workers to know I have been diverting drugs. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Inform the client that the information will be shared with the treatment team.

A nurse's caring for a client who attends family counseling with his partner and their children. Declined tells the nurse that he will not attend any more sessions and states "I don't have time for all that talking." Which of the following responses should the nurse provide?

It must be difficult for you to talk about family problems.

A nurse's providing support for a client who is grieving the loss of her mother who died from Alzheimer's disease. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?

It must be very difficult for you to deal with your mother's death.

A nurse's discussing exercise activities with an acute care client was schizophrenia and is overweight due to psychotropic medication. Decline refuses to participate in an aerobic exercise class in instead. Request to walk in the facilities gym. Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

It sounds like you have come app with an alternative exercise that works for you.

A narcissist assessing your client whose major depressive disorder. The client states "I might as well be dead. I have always been a failure." Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

Let's discuss these feelings further.

A nurses interviewing an older adult client about possible abuse by her caregiver. Which of the following techniques should the nurse use?

Maintain a non-judgmental tone.

A client states, "I have not seen my child for 2 weeks". the nurse responds "your child has nit visited you for 2 weeks?" Which of the following communication techniques is the nurse using?

Restating

A nurses caring for a client who has severe anxiety disorder and is in a state of panic in The day room. Which of the following actions should the nurse take

Speak to the client in a calm voice

A nurse is carrying for a client whose adolescent child just died in a motor vehicle crash. The client is crying in consolidately. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Stay with the client in allow the client to cry.

A nurse's speaking with a quiet whose partner was killed unexpectedly. The client states "I just don't know what to do now." Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Talk to the client about available community resources.

A nurse is caring for a client who has Alzheimer's disease in becomes agitated while refusing morning hygiene care. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Talk to the client from 2 arm lengths away.

A nurse's interacting with a client in the day room of an acute mental help facility. The client accuses the nurses being too bossy on states. The nurse does not have the right to pressure anyone. Which of the following responses should the nurse offer?

Tell me what I said that made you feel uncomfortable.

A nurse's caring for a client has depression. The nurse observes that the client has not come to breakfast and a still in bed, the client states "I'm not worth your time. leave me alone and go help someone else." Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

You seem to be saying that you feel unworthy of help.

A nurse is a sesame. A client who was recently admitted following a suicide attempt. Which of the following behaviors is the priority for the nurse to report the adolescent treatment team?

giving away possessions

A nurses teaching apparent who has admitted to verbally abusing his children about stress management techniques. Which have the strategies? Is the nurse providing?

tertiary prevention